Word: draining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cannot run an airline with unpredictability," Eastern spokesperson Robin Matell said in Miami. "We cannot continue to inconvenience passengers. We cannot afford the steady financial drain...
...current structure of public service on campus is problematic for a number of reasons. Supporting two separate parallel structures is inherently a drain on resources. Extra layers of bureaucracy are needed to coordinate between the two organizations in an attempt to minimize duplication of services which still occur. With efforts spread between creating the HAND structure and strengthening PBHA's infrastructure, there is insufficient progress in both...
Kennedy proposed a theory of "imperial overstretch," that a nation gains "Great Power" status by using its economic strength to finance a military buildup and undertake a wide array of international obligations. As time goes on, however, such overseas commitments ultimately become a financial drain, eroding the Power's economic base by diverting resources badly needed for domestic investment...
...there will still be refuse. That means landfills and incinerators, however harmful their emissions, will be needed as part of well-managed waste-disposal systems for the foreseeable future. Where possible, landfills should be fitted with impermeable clay or synthetic liners to contain toxic materials, and with pumps to drain liquid waste for treatment and disposal elsewhere. Landfill waste can also be burned to generate electricity, but the U.S. uses only 6% of its rubbish to produce energy. By comparison, West Germany sends more than 30% of its unrecycled wastes to waste-to-energy facilities...
...things need to be done properly, how his people need to learn to run things well, how much they need to adapt for things to work as they should. In a way, he is deliberately exposing Western vs. Soviet efficiency." But, Lynch added, the earthquake is a "terrible drain" on Gorbachev's hopes for a revival of the Soviet economy...